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Patrick J. Hurley

Partner, Corporate Department

Houston

Phone: +1-713-860-7328
Fax: +1-713-353-3328

Overview

Patrick Hurley is a partner in the Corporate Department at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Houston office. Patrick works on mergers and acquisitions with both public and private companies. He also advises them in public and private securities offerings, including Rule 144A offerings, and private equity financings as well as other corporate financings. He has extensive experience in the energy sector.

Patrick leverages his breadth of corporate knowledge and securities law experience to assist clients in growing and protecting their business interests.

Representations

  • Genesis Energy, L.P. in the sale of its soda ash manufacturing and related operations to an indirect affiliate of WE Soda Ltd at an implied enterprise value of $1.425 billion.
  • Aquadrill LLC in its approximately $1 billion all-stock merger with Seadrill Limited.
  • Genesis Energy, L.P. in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Tronox Ltd.’s alkali business, the world’s largest producer of natural soda ash. Also advised on related $750 million preferred unit financing and public offering of $550 million of senior notes.
  • Sanchez Energy Corporation in a strategic, 50/50 partnership with affiliates of Blackstone Inc. to acquire Anadarko Petroleum Corporation’s working interest in approximately 318,000 gross acres in the Western Eagle Ford for approximately $2.3 billion. 
  • Genesis Energy, L.P. in its $1.5 billion acquisition of Enterprise Products Partners L.P.’s offshore pipeline and services business, significantly expanding Genesis’ offshore presence.  The deal included related public offerings of $750 million in senior notes and approximately $394 million of common units.
  • A publicly traded master limited partnership in a $600 million registered debt offering and concurrent tender offer for $575 million in aggregate principal amount of senior notes.
  • Superior Energy Services, Inc. in connection with a special dividend of approximately $250 million.
  • A publicly traded master limited partnership in the sale of an overriding royalty interest to an SPV and the related issuance of $425 million of senior secured notes by the SPV and redemption of asset-level preferred units.
  • A publicly traded master limited partnership in its sale of a minority interest in an offshore pipeline system for $418 million.
  • A public oilfield services company in its sale of its water-related asset business to a public company for a combination of cash and common stock.
  • Sanchez Energy Corporation in a Rule 144A offering of $500 million in senior secured notes.

Matters may have been handled prior to joining Paul Hastings. 

Practice Areas

Securities and Capital Markets

Mergers and Acquisitions

Corporate


Languages

English


Admissions

Texas Bar


Education

The University of Texas School of Law, J.D. 1999

Trinity University, B.A. 1996